Painting pictures with words.
Opening a part of the soul.
Emotion flowing with the lines.
Tapestry skillfully woven.
Reflecting thoughts artfully.
Yearning to make a difference.
--Karen O'Leary--Whispers' Editor

Thursday, June 14, 2018

(shared and authorized for publication by
Gert Knop—a Whispers’ contributor since 2013)

German--By Arthur Rehbein

Und schau' ich hinab in das liebliche Thal,

Dann werden die Märchen der Jugend wach.

Grüß Gott, Grüß Gott dich viel tausendmal,

Mein sagenumwobenes Eisenach

English Translation--By Gert Knop

And when I look down to the lovely valley,

Then the fairy tales of youth come to life.

I greet you God,

God bless you more than a thousand times.

My legendary Eisenach

Note from Gert Knop: My
granduncle Arthur Rehbein was a
journalist from 1893 till 1899 for a newspaper in Arnstadt, Thuringia. He loved
Eisenach which was the hiding place of reformer Martin Luther in 1521/22, where
he translated the New Testament of the Bible into German in only eleven days.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited the
Wartburg several times in 1777. The Wartburg near Eisenach (Thuringia) is a UNESCO
– World Heritage Site since 1999.

Thank you Maurice for your kind words. Arthur, my great-uncle died already in Berlin in 1952. But when Karen asked me to post another one of his poems, I had glad to mail it and also the translation. Blessings, Gert